Midtown

[CuatrodeMayo]

When I lived behind the Plaza Theater, I'd sit on my porch some evenings and watch a nearly-continuous stream (haha) of dudes walk behind the garage apartment across the street to take a whiz.

[Pete]

The amount of public urination is a great barometer for determining the vibrancy of an urban district.

[Bullbear]

the amount of public urination is a great barometer for determining the vibrancy of an urban district.

^^^^^^^ qotd

[Urbanized]

Amateurs. In Bricktown the barometer is public fornication.

[cxl144]

Many Oklahomans believe they are endowed by their creator with the inalienable right to adjacent parking. This kerfuffle over midtown parking will be small once all the surface lots around the Chesapeake arena disappear.

[Rover]

The amount of public urination is a great barometer for determining the vibrancy of an urban district.

Seriously? And, I thought it was culture, diversity, etc. Not drunkenness and low class. Silly me. For the life of me then, I can't understand why anyone in HH would be concerned about drunks throwing up and urinating around their houses.

[Pete]

Seriously?

Um, no.

[Teo9969]

Seriously? And, I thought it was culture, diversity, etc. Not drunkenness and low class. Silly me. For the life of me then, I can't understand why anyone in HH would be concerned about drunks throwing up and urinating around their houses.

Man, get the hell off your high horse. It was tongue and cheek and you know it.

[Rover]

It's pretty hard to tell these days what is serious on this board and what is sarcasm.

[jccouger]

I'm thinking about making a quick buck...

Should I open up a A.) tow truck B.) valet or C.) porta potty business in Midtown?

[kevinpate]

Diversify.

It isn't that much more expensive to start 3 LLC's than it is to start one. Or four come to think on it.

Here's your plan. Add in a Uber type car as well.

Then, you can valet park folks, then tow their cars while they are in a porta potty, claiming the lot owner changed the rules, and then offer them a emergency surge price ride over to the impound lot. More chaching than you can count. (I keed of course. I bet you count good.)

[bluedogok]

So that only further cheapens the "unique design" many are praising the architect for, does it not?

Not really, it is "unique" in this day and age as it isn't used much any more outside of parking garages.

[borchard]

So that only further cheapens the "unique design" many are praising the architect for, does it not?

I like Fassler Hall, but you cannot sit in that building and NOT think "Parking garage"

[ljbab728]

I like Fassler Hall, but you cannot sit in that building and NOT think "Parking garage"

That's interesting because I managed to do that quite easily.

[bluedogok]

That's interesting because I managed to do that quite easily.

Some people have no "vision" beyond a very limited scope. It is a very cost effective way to build especially if they are doing a rooftop deck. It seems some would rather have empty lots than a building that doesn't fit their very narrow definition of what a building is supposed to look like.

[SouthOKC]

Some people have no "vision" beyond a very limited scope. It is a very cost effective way to build especially if they are doing a rooftop deck. It seems some would rather have empty lots than a building that doesn't fit their very narrow definition of what a building is supposed to look like.

That's a passive personal attack. I really like what's happening in midtown. However, this building left some to be desired in my opinion. I really like the work Fitzsimmions and MitownR have done and this concept as well. Can't get around the fact the building looks like it was originally suppose to be a bridge. I apologize if that comes off to "mainstream".

[soonerguru]

I really don't like the yellow screen signage on the front.

[bluedogok]

That's a passive personal attack. I really like what's happening in midtown. However, this building left some to be desired in my opinion. I really like the work Fitzsimmions and MitownR have done and this concept as well. Can't get around the fact the building looks like it was originally suppose to be a bridge. I apologize if that comes off to "mainstream".

I know people with absolutely no "design vision" and they know it but they are very successful at their business endeavors, some are even in development but their strength is on the financial side of development. They are just hard to communicate with when it comes to the design.

There are plenty of styles that I don't like, I got so tired of doing faux Tuscan buildings in Austin and San Antonio when I lived in Austin but I did them because that is what the clients wanted. The double-T style was a very popular Mid-Century commercial style, in part because of cost and speed of building. If you don't like some aspects of commercial Mid-Century, they you probably wouldn't like Fassler but to deride it as a wanna be bridge or parking garage is just disingenuous.

[city]

I really don't like the yellow screen signage on the front.

^ Agreed, I'm very tired of the decorative metal that is being used all over especially Midtown. Enough already.

[skanaly]

Is there any rumors of any developement going anywhere on the huge chunk of land? There are some pretty dense parts in midtown, (mostly the area around Broadway/10th and Walker/10th), but this area is veryyy open. Wouldnt mind seeing a grocery, or more housing. The only downtown grocery there is is Native Roots...and well, it's not that big. I beleive Midtown is in the process of of becoming OKC's next great neighborhood. It just needs the things that people need. I know if I was living downtown I would love to walk to a grocery, or CVS

[Pete]

Yes, that is owned by Midtown Renaissance; the parcel in the southeast corner is Bleu Garten.

They definitely have plans to develop it and there have long been rumors that Uptown Grocery may be going in there, along with some other things.

They are probably a couple years away from making that happen.

[bchris02]

I completely agree. All of that open area is one thing that bothers me about Midtown. It's worlds better than it was a few years ago but there is still too much open land and it kills the urban feel in the district. It would be a great place for a grocery or some kind of mixed use development.

[warreng88]

Pete, do you think eventually they will cut off Park Place to make that area feasible for UG?

[Plutonic Panda]

2/8/2015



Not sure why this has not been renovated with the church.

[ljbab728]

Thanks for all of your great pictures, plupan. You had a very busy day.